News and Events

Community Legal Centres in NSW today held a crisis meeting to discuss how to stop their centres across New South Wales from closing on July 1 this year.

Watch the story of Melissa Dunn and her treatment by the NSW Police Force on the ABC website. March 2015 - ABC 7:30 Report

The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/03/23/more-fed-funds-to-tac... The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/03/23/more-fed-funds-to-tac... The federal government will use an extra $230 million in homelessness funding to encourage the states to better target people who most need help. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/03/23/more-fed-funds-to-tac...

20 March 2015

Struggling single mum Rebecca Warfield saved money on cheap haircuts at a hairdressing college in Sydney.

The ocean views and high incomes of the eastern suburbs hide a shocking domestic violence epidemic with eight women falling victim every day.

DOOR-TO-DOOR selling, cold calling and other aggressive marketing tactics helped two private colleges sign up more than 10,000 students to expensive taxpayer-funded Business Diplomas in 2013, many of which will never be completed.

Disability discrimination in employment Freedom of speech, right?

Recent media coverage has exposed international student exploitation in the workplace, particularly in casual jobs in the hospitality and cleaning industries.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers are targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged people with unscrupulous marketing practices by enrolling students into courses they cannot possibly complete or afford.